Greek Bastion Scorpion
Cruel bolts, fired over long distances, do much to weaken the enemy's resolve.The scorpion is a smaller form of the ballista, operating on the same principles of a torsion-powered bow. It was operated by one man, and was incredibly accurate at short ranges. It could be used as a sniper's weapon, but was often deployed for indirect battery fire where the high rate of fire could unleash a withering hail of bolts to completely pepper an area. Scorpions were popular with the Romans, where they were used to support the Legions. Batteries had sixty scorpions, each of which was capable of firing three or four shots per minute. Like its larger counterpart, the ballista, the Greeks originally developed the scorpion, but its deadly nature led to rapid adoption by many nations. In most designs, power came from two wooden levers inserted into twisted skeins of animal sinew which, when the arms was pulled back, provided incredible power.
Unit Name Greek Bastion Scorpion |
Main Unit Key Gre_Scorpion_Bastion |
Land Unit Key Gre_Scorpion_Bastion |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 40 |
Category Siege Engine |
Class Fixed Artillery |
Custom Battle Cost 490 |
Recruitment Cost 490 |
Upkeep Cost 100 |
120 |
├ Engine scorpio_bastion |
├ Missile Weapon rome_scorpio_bastion |
├ Projectile bolt_bastion |
├ Missile Damage 50 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 70 |
└ Base Reload Time 10 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 400 |
Reload 20 |
Shots Per Minute 8 |
Ammunition 40 |
Melee Attack 9 |
24 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 6 |
14 |
├ Base Defence 14 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
10 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
40 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 0 |
Base Morale 40 |
Abilities
No Ability
Attributes
No Attribute
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- High damage
- Immobile
- Very accurate
- Short range
- Average rate of fire
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus |